Read the excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.[Arthur] said, "Knight, by heaven, your request is senseless.What you ask is such madness you deserve to have it granted.No knight I know is afraid of your great words.Give me your ax now, in the name of God,And I shall grant the boon that you have requested.”He strides toward him and grasps him by the hand.Then proudly that other knight sets foot on the ground.Now Arthur has his ax, gripping the handle,And grimly swings it around, preparing to strike with it.The bold man stood towering before him . . .
Read the excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.Pick up your grim tool nowAnd let us see how you handle it.”"Gladly, sir, I promise you,”Gawain said, stroking it. The Green Knight takes his stand without lingeringAnd bends his head a little to show the skin.He laid his long graceful locks across his crown,Leaving the naked neck bare and ready.
Read the excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."By God,” the Green Knight said, "I am gladThat I shall have from your hand what I asked for here,And that you have repeated fully, in your own words,The whole of the covenant I asked of the King:Only now you must swear to me, upon your word,That you will expect, for yourself, wherever you manageTo find me on earth, to be repaid in kindFor what you accord me today before this high company.”
Read the excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.The King, bold by nature,Went up to that huge manAnd said, "Knight, by heaven, your request is senseless.What you ask is such madness you deserve to have it granted.No knight I know is afraid of your great words.Give me your ax now, in the name of God,And I shall grant the boon that you have requested.”He strides toward him and grasps him by the hand.
Read the passage.The instructor handed each student a set of keys. "Thank you,” Owen mumbled, looking at the ground. He gripped the key ring and scanned the parking lot for his assigned vehicle. Soon he was inserting the key in the lock, opening the door, and folding his lanky frame into the driver’s seat. His breath escaped him in a frosty cloud, and he surveyed his surroundings. The mysterious gauges and knobs were confounding, and Owen wished that he had listened to one of his mom’s many driving lectures. His sweaty palms gripped the cold steering wheel. Around the parking lot, his classmates were beginning to navigate the cone-marked course.
Read the excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.They went on staring at the knight for some time,Everyone wondering what it might meanFor a man and a horse to acquire such a color,As green as the grass grows, and greener still, it seemed,The green enamel glowing brighter on the gold.All of them standing there stared and crept closer to himWith all the wonder in the world, to see what he would do.For they had seen many marvels but never any like this,So they all thought it might be a phantom or trick of magic,So that many of the noble knights were afraid to answer,And all were struck by his voice and stayed stone still,And there was a silence like death through the great hall.Not a sound rose out of them, as though they hadall fallen asleep.
Read the excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.When they had washed well, they went to sit at the table,The most famous knights nearest the top, as was proper,And Guenever, in high spirits, was seated in the middle of them,In the arrangement of the famous table, with them arrayed around her,Fine silk, furthermore, in a canopy over her,Of Toulouse red, and many Tharsian tapestriesEmbroidered and set with the finest of jewelsThat would have cost a great deal if someone had triedto buy them.The most beautiful there was the Queen,Flashing her gray eye.No one had ever seenAnyone lovelier in his day.
Read the excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.The knight on his horse turned in his saddle,And wildly he flashed his red eyes around,Arched his bristling bright-green eyebrows,And waved his beard, waiting to see who would stand up.When no one would answer him, he gave a loud coughAnd stretched as a lord might, and made ready to speak.
Read the excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.Gawain, sitting next to the Queen,Bowed to the King then:"I will keep my words plain.I ask for this battle to be mine.” "If you please, glorious lord,” Gawain said to the King,"I will turn from this table and stand by you there,If I may do that without discourtesy,And without displeasing my liege lady,I would come to your counsel before your great court…”
Which characteristics were part of the medieval code of chivalry? Select three options.
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